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Oysters Like It Moister
Despite efforts, Chesapeake Bay oysters still struggling |
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02 Jun 2008 |
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| Posted at 1:04 PM on 02 Jun 2008 State and federal officials have spent $58 million since 1994 trying to make Chesapeake Bay a welcoming place for oysters -- and it all seems to have been for naught. There are less bivalves in the bay now than there were in the mid-'90s, and the Maryland and Virginia oyster industries have declined in turn. Officials say they're up against numerous factors, including disease that w ... |
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| Topics: aquaculture, food, Maryland, news, Virginia (all these topics) |
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